Knit by Julie Doxsee

I enjoyed reading this poem. It is a very short poem but is also confusing to me because of where she chose her line breaks. I feel that the second half of the poem (starting after the only period) is really where the poem begins. I interpreted the poem as tripping on opium with the reference to poppy juice. What confused me about the poem was how she started talking about tripping using lines like "My eye painted/church tops where/the day before/ was sky..." and ended the poem talking about consuming the drug. I feel if the poet would've went in sequential order (consuming the drug then her trip) I would've been able to understand the poem a little more. Overall I like the voice of the poem. The lack of punctuation until the period I feel is necessary but also confusing. At first I read the complete throughout, but the second time I read it and broke it up into two different poems; one before the period and one after the period. I feel I got more out of the poem reading it as two separate poems because it allowed me time to comprehend the first part and apply it to the second part. Overall I enjoyed reading this poem along with the rest of the book.